BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — WKU Tennis continued its 2022 season Sunday afternoon with a 6-1 win against the Belmont Bruins to improve to 10-4 on the year and get to double-digit wins for the first time since 2017.
The Lady Toppers won the doubles point for the sixth consecutive match. On Court 1, the elite duo of Cora-Lynn von Dungern and Paola Cortez won 6-2, improving to 10-1 on the year and winning their fifth consecutive match.
The Bruins were able to even the score, taking the victory on Court 3, but the Tops were able to take the early lead with Laura Bernardos and Mariana Zegada getting their first victory as a pair on the season, winning 6-2 on Court 2.
Up 1-0 going into singles play, the Lady Toppers were able to win five of six singles matches to secure the victory over the Bruins.
Belmont evened the score at 1-1 after winning in the No. 5 position in straight sets. It was all WKU following that Rachel Hermanova won her 12th match of the season winning in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4. Paola Cortez also took care of business in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4 at No. 3, improving to 7-5 on the campaign. At the No. 6 spot, Sofia Blanco won her first singles match of her career, winning in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4.
Up 4-1, with the victory already secured, the final two matches were played out.
Cora-Lynn von Dungern got the fifth point for the Tops, winning a super tiebreaker after splitting the first two sets, 10-6 at the No. 1 slot. The No. 2 player Laura Bernardos followed that up with a thrilling three-set win after dropping the opening set, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. This made the final outcome 6-1 , in favor of the Lady Toppers.
"I thought we played really well. If there is one match I thought would be our toughest of the weekend, I thought it was going to be with Belmont." head coach Greg Davis said. "After playing outdoors the last two day, coming in here indoors today against a tremendous team, it was just a great effort. What really helped us was that we got some good production from two of our doubles today. I also thought one through six we fought really hard today. This is the best I have had a team play in my four years here."
The Lady Toppers continue the spring campaign next weekend in Bowling Green, with a matchup against Murray State on Saturday, March 12. The match will begin at 1 p.m, while the location is undetermined as of now.
Final Results
Singles (Order of finish: 5,4,3,6,1,2)
1: Cora-Lynn von Dungern (WKU) def. Gina Feistel (BU) 6-4, 5-7, 10-6 (super tiebreaker)
2: Laura Bernardos (WKU) def. Somer Henry (BU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
3: Paola Cortez (WKU) def. Abi Solomon (BU) 6-4, 6-4
4: Rachel Hermanova (WKU) def. Anastasiya Zholdakova (BU) 6-1, 6-4
5: Peyton Lee (BU) def. Taylor Shaw (WKU) 6-3, 6-1
6: Sofia Blanco (WKU) def. Meredith Roberts (BU) 6-4, 6-4
Doubles (Order of finish 1,3,2)
1: Cortez/von Dungern (WKU) def. Feistel/Roberts (BU) 6-2
2: Bernardos/Zegada (WKU) def. Henry/Lee (BU) 6-2
3: Zholdakova/Solomon (BU) def. Blanco/Martinez (WKU) 6-3
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